diziet2 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I still don't think we'll go down but we're so poor under Appleton we might only just survive by the skin of our teeth. Without having studied the fixture list in any detail , I'm guessing a lot of the teams below us will have to play each other and will take enough points off each other to leave at least 3 Clubs worse off than us at the end of the season...........just. As an outsider looking in you are clearly in a relegation scrap now. Rhodes ability to score might see you safe, but I'd not bank on it, mainly due to you inabilty to create chances. If your club does not start treating as relegation survival for the rest of the season, you'll go down. This league is going to need 52-53pts and above to avoid that last relegation spot. Huddersfield have been thinking they are scrapping since December and are finally turning the corner. Guys time to wise up and get sorted for the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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den Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Live Championship league table: http://espnfc.com/tables/live/_/league/eng.2/english-league-championship?cc=5739 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diziet2 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Live Championship league table: http://espnfc.com/tables/live/_/league/eng.2/english-league-championship?cc=5739 it's wrong, town are on 47pts not 46? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 it's wrong, town are on 47pts not 46? Try this one then: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/tables/9484389/Football-League-Championship-table-2012-13.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbleValleyRover Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I think we will stay up but only just, it's going to require a few wins here and there to stay out of it. Rovers are the near the bottom of the form table, that's going to have to change otherwise it's Hello League One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenodrog Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Back in the late 70s Rovers came 5th in this division and Blackpool got relegated with just 7 points less than we got. I seem to rem that the season Blackpool were relegated they were in 2nd place at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevidgeBlue Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 As an outsider looking in you are clearly in a relegation scrap now. Rhodes ability to score might see you safe, but I'd not bank on it, mainly due to you inabilty to create chances. If your club does not start treating as relegation survival for the rest of the season, you'll go down. This league is going to need 52-53pts and above to avoid that last relegation spot. Huddersfield have been thinking they are scrapping since December and are finally turning the corner. Guys time to wise up and get sorted for the fight. I'm not being complacent ben, far from it, I think we're truly dreadful under Appleton. That live table though if it's correct, shows the bottom 3 as having 40 points with only 8 games to go. I can't see anything particular to suggest that 50 points wouldn't suffice, especially as our goal difference is better than the bottom 3. So we shouldn't go down although we managed it last season from a position of seemingly near safety, so who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadsword Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 It need 4 teams to go above us ... Ipswich are playing Bolton at home, so that could go down to 3 by 5pm today. The nightmare scenario is if we go another 3 games without a win, it would get very tight then, and we don't have enough fight, talent or organisation in us in that situation to hold off the bottom 3 who's been battling all season. Relegation is a very distinct threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diziet2 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm not being complacent ben, far from it, I think we're truly dreadful under Appleton. That live table though if it's correct, shows the bottom 3 as having 40 points with only 8 games to go. I can't see anything particular to suggest that 50 points wouldn't suffice, especially as our goal difference is better than the bottom 3. So we shouldn't go down although we managed it last season from a position of seemingly near safety, so who knows? Hi, because the live table has most of those games as 0-0 1pt draws at the moment. bristol city are playing wolves.. if one of those sides ( city i think) get a win, it puts the top placed relaation team on 42pts. There are hopefully a good few of your fans who aren't complacent but I watched and listened to your FA cup loss and the blackburn pundit was saying something along the lines of "and the chance of a play off spot is probably out of reach now".. of course techincally he is right, but in reality, blackburn should be looking much more at teams below you rather than the teams above. That's what i mean about complacency. its not that you've just slipped out of the chase for the last play off spot, it is much more that you are clearly in a relegation fight. We have all seen this before, those teams who think they have enough, or have a good enough number of players to get the points once they find form again.... what happens? they go down and people say " well they were too good to go down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 A win for either side in Wolves v Bristol City this afternoon and we are 4 points above relegation. Barnsley getting a draw as well and the gap is down to 3 points. AND We have the worst current form AND On a straight extrapolation, the last relegation place will end the season on 52.05 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevidgeBlue Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Hi, because the live table has most of those games as 0-0 1pt draws at the moment. bristol city are playing wolves.. if one of those sides ( city i think) get a win, it puts the top placed relaation team on 42pts. Ah I see, I thought it looked odd! Completely meaningless until 5p.m then really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 As things currently stand, the relegation cushion is down to 3 points. Getting scary. Oh Kean, Barnsley taken the lead so currently we are on 45, Sheff Wed, Barnsley and Ipswich on 44 and then the relegation places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovers11 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Disastrous first half scores. Gotta hope for some comebacks in the second half. Need Blackpool, Wolves and Watford to come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Tom Posted March 16, 2013 Backroom Share Posted March 16, 2013 A win for either side in Wolves v Bristol City this afternoon and we are 4 points above relegation. Barnsley getting a draw as well and the gap is down to 3 points. AND We have the worst current form AND On a straight extrapolation, the last relegation place will end the season on 52.05 points. But in the interest of fairness we should point out we have a game in hand Although at the moment that only seems good for harming our goal difference further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Yes Posh have only gone and taken the lead at Blackpool. So we are only three points and goal difference off 23rd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadsword Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 But in the interest of fairness we should point out we have a game in hand Although at the moment that only seems good for harming our goal difference further Well exactly. Out of curiosity Tom, and this isn't a loaded question, what's your prediction for the game tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Tom Posted March 16, 2013 Backroom Share Posted March 16, 2013 Well exactly. Out of curiosity Tom, and this isn't a loaded question, what's your prediction for the game tomorrow? 0-2 sadly The way I see it relegation is a scary and strong possibility but not yet a probability all it takes is a win from somewhere and all of a sudden it can look healthier again, we seem to have gone in patches of a small decent run followed by a shocking run Right now one of those small runs would see us over the line just about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadsword Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Yes, it reminds me very much of a guy running a marathon and his legs have gone to jelly in the last 400 yards. We just can't buy a win at the moment. I think the pressure will now be firmly on us tomorrow, with the table looking as it does. Yes, Burnley are not in the best of form, but we've been worse, are below them in the table and there's this 34 year thing as well. Comparatively the pressure will be off Burnley and they'll be well up for it, I think. There's the possibility of a 1-1 draw, but a Burnley win is favourite for me too. Especially if they go a goal up, we'll be done for! I wonder if they've got a big lump playing centre half, a la Shittu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover_Shaun Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 As it stands at half time on Saturday. Squeaky bum time as we cannot buy a win at the moment 18 Blackburn 36 -3 4519 Barnsley 37 -11 4420 Ipswich 38 -20 4421 Sheff Wed 37 -10 43------------------------22 Peterborough 38 -9 4223 Bristol City 38 -11 4224 Wolves 38 -11 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 We won't get relegated, absolutely no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadsword Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Straight out of the Steve Kean playbook, that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom Tom Posted March 16, 2013 Backroom Share Posted March 16, 2013 In these relegation battles I always feel much better if we have a two game safety zone, at present if things stay this way it can be overturned in one match day. We need to go into the 2 week break with a 4 point lead I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover_Shaun Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 It can be overturned if we could buy a win. Sadly the two game cushion will most likely be squandered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Somerset Rover Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The unthinkable is getting closer folks as some of us predicted weeks ago. If we lose tomorrow then that could be it for Appleton AND us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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